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{Nature, May 22, 1890 



Bishop R. Courlenay, 367 ; Dr. J. Cowper, 368 ; Inheritance 

 of, Herbert Spencer, 414 ; Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R. S., 

 415 ; Transmission of. Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 486 

 Charlois (M.), Discovery of Asteroids, 522 

 Charts of the Constellations, Large Scale, Arthur Cottam, 45 

 Chatelier (II. Le), Electrical Resistance of Iron Alloys at High 



Temperatures, 383 

 Chelmsford, Earthquake at, 256 

 Chelmsford, Supposed Earthquake at, on January 7, Chas. 



Davison, 369 

 Chemistry: Chemistry of the Coal-tar Colours, Dr. R. Benedikt 

 and Dr. E. Knecht, 8 ; Experiments upon Simultaneous Pro- 

 duction of Pure Crystals of Sodium Carbonate and Chlorine 

 Gas from Common Salt, Dr. Hempel, 19 ; the Microscope as 

 Applied to Physiological Chemisti-y, Prof. Kossel, 23 ; Sorbite, 

 Vincent and Delachanal on, 23 ; Double Nitrites of Ruth- 

 enium and Potassium, Joly and Vezes, 23 ; Agricultural 

 Chemistry, Fixation of Nitrogen by the Leguminosse, M. 

 Breal, 23 ; Air in the Soil, Th. Schloesing, fils, 23 ; the 

 Exhaustion of Soils Cultivated without Manure, and the Value 

 of Organic Matter in Soil, P. P. Deherain, 119 ; the Fer- 

 mentation of Stable Manure, Th. Schloesing, 143 ; Composi- 

 tion of Tobacco-growing Soils in Deli and Java, Van 

 Bummelen, 384 ; Absorption of Atmospheric Ammonia by 

 Soils, H. Schloesing, 479 ; Redetermination of Atomic Weight 

 of Palladium, Dr. E. H. Reiser, 44 ; Nitrosochloride of 

 Pinol, a new Isomer of Camphor, 44 ; Researches on Digit a- 

 line and Tanghinine, Arnaud, 48 ; Phenyl-thiophene, A. 

 Renard, 48 ; the Composition of the Chemical Elements, A. 

 M. Stapley, 56 ; New Mode of Preparing Manganes^e, Dr. 

 Glatzel, 67 ; Laboratory at Stalybridge Mechanics' Institute, 

 85 ; a Case of Chemical Equilibrium, W. H. Pendlebury, 

 104 ; a New Method of Preparing Fluorine, M. Moissan, 

 117; Perfected Mode of Preparation of Fluorine, Henri 

 Moissan, 138; the Anhydrous Platinous Fluoride, H. Moissan, 

 119 ; Introduction to Chemical Science, R, P. Williams and 

 B. P. Lascelles, 128 ; Chemical Society, 142, 191, 262, 335, 

 468, 502, 519; Isolation of Tetrahydrate of Sulphuric Acid 

 existing in Solution, S. U. Pickering, 142 ; Magnetic Rotation 

 of Nitric Acid, &c.. Dr. W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., 142 ; Phos- 

 phorus Oxyfluoride, Method of making, Thorpe and Hambly, 

 142 ; Acetylation of Cellulose, Cross and Bevan, 142 ; Action 

 of Light on Moist Oxygen, Dr. A. Richardson, 142 ; o-)3- 

 Dibenzoylstyrolene and Zinin's Lepiden Derivatives, Japp and 

 Klingemann, 142 ; Oxyamidosulphonates and their Conversion 

 into Hyponitrites, Divers and Haga, 143 ; Constituents of 

 Flax, Cross and Bevan, 143 ; a Text-book of Organic Chemis- 

 try, A. Bernthsen, 172; Synoptical Tables of Organic and 

 Inorganic Chemistry, Clement J. Leaper, 510 ; Compounds of 

 Phenanthraquinone with Metallic Salts, Japp and Turner, 

 191 ; jS-Inosite, Maquenne, 215 ; a New Class of Diacetones, 

 Belial and Auger, '215 ; Examination of Mighei (June 9, 1889) 

 Meteorite, Stanislas Meunier, 232 ; Frangulin, Thorpe and 

 Robinson, 262; Arabinon, C. O. Sullivan, F.R.S., 262; the 

 Identity of Cerebrose and Galactose, Brown and Morris, 

 262 ; Action of Chloroform and Alcoholic Potash on Hydra- 

 zines, Dr. S. Ruhemann, 263 ; Refracting Powers of Simple 

 Salts in Solution, E. Doumer, 263 ; the Chlorides of Selenium, 

 Chabrie, 284 ; Combinations of Gaseous Phosphoretted Hydro- 

 gen with Boron and Silicium Fluorides, Besson, 287 ; the 

 Story of Chemistry, Harold Picton, F.R.S., 292; the 

 Chemistry of Photography, R. Meldola, F.R.S., 293; At- 

 tempt to express Periodic Law of Elements hy Algebraic 

 Formula, Prof. Carnelley, 304; the Physical and Chemical 

 Characteristics of Meteorites as throwing Light upon their 

 Past History, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 305 ; the Carbon 

 Graphites, Berthelot and Petit, 311; Formation of Nitrates 

 in Plants, Ber:helot, 311 ; Refracting Power of Double Salts 

 in Solution, E. Doumer, 312 ; New Method of Synthesizing 

 Indigo, Dr. Flimm, 326 ; New Method of Estimating Oxy 

 ^ gen Dissolved in Water, Dr. Thresh, 335 ; Phosphorus 

 Trifluoride, M. Moissan, 349 ; Combinations of Ammonia 

 and Phosphuretted Hydrogen with Dichloride and Di- 

 bromide of Silicon, Besson, 359 ; Report on the Scientific 

 Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, 

 361 ; Two Gaseous Fluorides of Carbon, Moissan, 373 ; 

 the Absorption of Hydrogen by Iron, Bellati and Lussana, 

 380 ; New Estimates of Molecular Distance, Dr. Peddie, 

 382 ; a Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Prof. T. E. 

 Thorpe, F.R.S., Vol. I., Sir H. E. Roscoe, M.P., F.R.S., 

 387 ; New Compounds of Ilydroxylamine with Metallic 



Chlorides, Crisner, 401 ; Diethyline Diamine, Dr. J. 

 Sieber, 428 ; Analysis of Carcote (Chili) Meteorite, Drs. Will 

 and Pinnow, 428 ; Prof C'um Brown on a New Synthesis of 

 Dibasic Organic Acids, 431 ; the Vapour-pressure of Acetic 

 Acid Solutions, Raoultand Recoura, 431 ; Volumetric Estima- 

 tion of Copper, Etard and Lebeau, 431 ; Crystalline Allotropic 

 Forms of Sulphur, Dr. Mutbmann, 449 ; Nitrous Anhydride 

 and Nitric Peroxide, Prof. Ramsay, F.R.S. ,454; Constitu- 

 tion of Tri-derivatives of Naphthalene, Armstrong and Wynne, 

 454 ; Estimation of Free Halogens and Iodides in presence 

 of Chlorine and Bromine, P. Lebeau, 479 ; a New Alkaloid 

 (Taxine) from Leaves, &c., of Yew Tree, Drs. Hilger and 

 IBrande, 496 ; Behaviour of more Stable Oxides at High 

 Temperatures, Dr. G. H. Bailey and W. B. Hopkins, 502 ; 

 Influence of Different Oxides on Decomposition of Potassium 

 Chlorate, Fowler and Grant, 502 ; Ammonium Hypochlorite, 

 Cross and Bevan, 502 ; the Production of Ozone by Flames, 

 J. T, Cundall, 502 ; Action of Sulphuric Acid on Aluminium, 

 A. Ditte, 503 ; the a Dextro- and Lasvo- rotatory Borneol 

 Camphorates, A. Haller, 503 ; Isolation of Fluoroform, M. 

 Meslans, 521 ; Gas obtained by heating Silver Fluoride with 

 Chloroform in Sealed Tube, M. Chabrie, 521 ; the Glow of Phos- 

 phorus, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 523 ; Apparatus for Dis- 

 tilling Mercury in Vacuum, Prof. Dunstan, 526 ; Thecry of 

 Osmotic Pressure, Prof. S. U. Pickering, 526 ; Crystalline Sub- 

 stances obtained from Fruits of various Species of Citrus, Prof, 

 W, A. Tilden, F.R.S., and C. R. Beck, 527 ; Studies on Iso- 

 meric Change, IV. ; Halogen Derivatives of Quinone, A. R. 

 Ling, 527 ; Hydrazine, Drs. Curtius and Jay, 547 ; Crystals of 

 Lime, H. A. Miers, 560; a Nitrosop'atinichloride, M. Vezes, 

 576 ; Glycollic Nitrile and Direct Synthesis of Glycollic Acid, 

 Louis Henry, 57^5 Nessler's Ammonia Test as a Micro- 

 Chemical Reagent for Tannin, Spencer Moore, 585 ; New 

 Form of Benzoic Acid, 594 

 Chenab Bridge, Testing of, 372 

 Chiff-Chafif Singing in September, F. M. Burton, 298 ; Rev. 



W. Clement Ley, 317 

 Chin Tribes, North Burma, the, G. B. Sacchiero, 375 

 China, Flora of, 46 



China, Increasing Coldness of Climate in, 570 

 China, Scientific Education in, the Question of Language, 162 

 Chinese Astronomical Instruments, Ancient, 66 

 Chloroform, the Hyderabad Commission, 154, 289 

 Cholera, Bacteria of Asiatic, Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 509 

 Cholera Epidemics, the Suspected Connection between Influenza 



and. Dr. Smolensk!, 282 

 Chree (C), Effects of Pressure on Magnetization of Cobalt, 237 

 Chrystal (Prof. G.), Algebra, an Elementary Text-book for the 

 Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and for Colleges, II., 



338 

 Cicadidce, Oriental, W. L. Distant s Monograph on, 161 

 Cingalese Manuscripts, Ancient, 349 

 City and Guilds of London Institute, 160 

 City of Paris, the Accident to the Engines of, 592 

 Civil Service Examinations, the Future Indian, 265 

 Civilization, Early Egyptian, W. M. Flinders-Petrie, 109 

 Clarke (Sir Marshall) on Education in Basutoland, 86 

 Cleland (John), the Longevity of Textural Elements, particularly 



in Dentine and Bone, 392 

 Gierke (Miss A. M.): Star Distances, 81 ; New Double Stars, 



132 

 Climate, Dr. Bushrod W. James on American Resorts, with 



Notes on their, 79 

 Climate in China, Increasing Coldness of, 570 

 Clorinde, New Minor Planet, 88 



Cloud Phenomena, Electrical, Prof W. K. Burton, 10 

 Clouds : Prof, von Bezold on the Production of, 95 ; Luminous 



Night, Evan McLennan, 131 ; Self-luminous Clouds, Geo. 



F. Burder, 198 ; C. E. Stromeyer, 225 ; T. W. Backhouse, 



297 ; Joseph John Murphy, 298 ; Robert B. White, 369 ; 



Photographs of Luminous, O. Jesse, 592 

 Clover, Bokhara, as a Weed in Western States of America, 



372 . 



Clupea harengus, some Stages in Development of Bram of, E. 



W. L. Holt, 525 

 Cluster G.C. 3636, Variable Star in. Prof. Pickering, 183 

 Cluster G.C. 1420 and the Nebula N.G.C. 2237, Dr. Lewis 



Swift, 285 

 Coal-tar Colours, Chemistry of the. Dr. R. Benedikt and Dr. 



E. Knecht, 8 

 Coal : Discovery of, in Kent, 400 ; Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, 



